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A 13-year-old boy, Friday, discovered a ‘high-calibre’ bomb placed in a car parked near a Mosque in Kano; and promptly alerted the police. The police spokesperson in Kano, Magaji Majiya, informed PREMIUM TIMES on Friday that the boy became suspicious after noticing the abandoned car looking “heavy with loads.” “The bomb targeting worshippers was placed inside a Toyota Tercel car near a Mosque in Sauna Pfanuga area of Nasarawa Local Government, Kano metropolis,” Mr. Majiya said. He also said after the boy discovered the bomb he alerted the police nearby and the anti-bomb squad were invited. “They successfully defused the bomb and site and the car had been taken to Police Headquarters for further investigations and analysis,” he said. The police spokesperson said no one has been arrested in connection with the incident. The Kano Commissioner of Police, Aderenle Shinaba, later displayed the devices to newsmen in Kano on Friday. He said the explosives were discovered at about 1.30 p....

Nigeria will travel to Brasilia on Friday for their World Cup second round game with France after resolving pay dispute late on Thursday. The team failed to train on Thursday instead going into a meeting with officials over payment of their appearance fees by the Nigeria Football Federation. It took the intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan for the team to agree to continue their campaign. The President was brought into the impasse by sports minister Tamuno Danagogo after federation head Aminu Maigari reported the situation to him. In a phone call to the players who shared their fears, President Jonathan assured them that they would be paid all that they are entitled to. They then agreed to continue playing for their fatherland. Team captain Joseph Yobo has told KickoffNigeria.com that they would take  the flight on Friday. ""I can tell you as team captain that the team will travel to Brasilia today and we will train, and play against France," he s...

President Jonathan this morning visited the scene of the bomb blast that rocked Emab Plaza in Abuja on Wednesday June 25th, killing 21 people. The President, who  arrived in Abuja yesterday from the aborted attendance at the 23rd Ordinary Session of African Union Heads of States and Government in Malabo, al so visited some of the victims of the blast currently receiving treatment at the Maitama District Hospital in Abuja. See more photos below

 During a game between Portugal and Ghana yesterday June 26th at the ongoing World Cup in Brazil, Portuguese player William Carvalho in an attempt to get the ball grabbed Ghanaian player Jordan Ayew's shorts, putting his privates in full display to the delights of millions of female football fans watching from around the world. See more photos and the vine video below The video below

Liverpool have agreed a €31 million [£25m] fee with Southampton for Adam Lallana, Goal understands. The 26-year-old is set to undergo a medical on Merseyside on Friday afternoon, with the move set to be completed next week. As reported by Goal earlier this month, the winger is keen to join Brendan Rodgers' side in order to play Champions League football. Liverpool’s initial €25m [£20m] bid for Lallana, which was made on the final weekend of the Premier League season, was rejected by Southampton.  Mauricio Pochettino was also keen on bringing Lallana to Tottenham but Spurs were reluctant to rival Liverpool’s pursuit of the player. Lallana, who appeared in all three of England's World Cup group fixtures, will be Liverpool's second signing this summer following the arrival of Rickie Lambert from Southampton and Emre Can from Bayer Leverkusen. Lallana's former club Bournemouth will be due €8m [£6.25m] once the transfer is completed, as they have a 25% sell-o...

Oprah doesn't like first lady Michelle Obama because she's a show off Edward Klein's new book, Blood Feud, alleges. The legendary talk show host was once a close friend and adviser of the president's, but she had a falling out with the first family during the president's first term in office. 'It appeared to Oprah that Michelle was jealous of her, furious that Barack was seeking her advice instead of Michelle's,' a source close to Winfrey told Klein. 'For her part, Oprah didn't like being with Michelle, because the first lady was constantly one-upping the president and anybody else around her. ' At another point in the book Oprah is quoted as saying that the Obamas make her 'jumpy.' Oprah reportedly told a friend that ' "even when the Obamas think they are being charming, they hold you at arm’s length." ' Obama had no stronger ally than Oprah throughout his first campaign for president, including the ti...

28 year old Olympian and five-time U.S. national champion Alysia Montano ran an 800m race at the Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California, yesterday and people are now questioning if it's safe.  Alysia received a standing ovation after completing the race in 2 minutes, 32.13 seconds, 35 seconds slower than her personal best of 1:57.34, which she smashed back in 2010 in a race in Monaco. "I've been running throughout my pregnancy and I felt really, really good during the whole process.' Alysia said after the race... Doctors gave her the OK to run but isn't this too rigorous for a woman so pregnant? 

With the sun on our skin, more of our bodies exposed, lazy afternoons at the pub fuelled by gallons of Rose it's really no surprise that our libidos lift during summer. Which makes this the perfect time to talk about how to size up a potential new lover, with hardly any effort at all on your part! Here are 13 secret signs that giveaway much more than he realises and help you figure out if he's worth it... He bites his nails Nail-biters push themselves to the limits (hence the stress-busting biting habit) by pushing boundaries and going to extremes - which usually equates to passion. It might not look attractive but it can mean they're a great lover! He owns a dog They're used to putting others needs first (handy in bed for you!) and used to dealing with doggy drools and moulting hair, so unlikely to be a hygiene freak (the ultimate turn-off in bed). He's no Bradley Cooper If he's not terribly good-looking, he's not innundated with women ...

Sammie Okposo, had this to say about the late singer's last moment: “Kefee was not pregnant, though she had a medical history that was being properly managed in America. Her remains has not arrived the country yet. On that fateful day she died, she complained that she did not like the way she was feeling and they had to call for emergency. After examining her, they said that nothing was wrong with her. But she insisted that she was not feeling fine. Coupled with stress, she slumped.  It has been agreed by the family members and the husband that she would be buried in her home town, Sapele and we are making all the necessary paper preparations to fly her down to Nigeria. “We have been asked by the husband to organize a kind of memorial service for her tagged,”An evening with Kefee”, which we are planning to do immediately he arrives.“We are therefore planning something big for her which will include a documentary about her and probably, a stage play. Also, there are plan...

In the upper echelons of three of the world's great clubs, conversation over the last 48 hours will inevitably have centred on one man. In a report by Goal.com , Luis Suarez would have been the name on the lips of senior executives at Liverpool, Real Madrid and Barcelona for much of this transfer window, even had he not overshadowed the final group games of the World Cup with his chow-down on Giorgio Chiellini. But Suarez's latest act of jaw-dropping lunacy will have prompted a round of hurried email threads, conference calls and meetings. 'We need to talk about Luis' is likely to have been the gist of it. Stances in all three boardrooms could have altered slightly after Fifa's swift and, in these eyes, draconian, punishment ensured Suarez will not be available for selection by his club side until the end of October. Yet football is a forgiving and moral-free environment. Especially if the player involved averages virtually a goal a game, as Suarez has ov...

Be tting website 888poker has dropped  Luis Suarez  as its ambassador following his bite on  Italy's  Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup The  Uruguay  and  Liverpool  striker was on Thursday banned for nine international games and from all football for four months after being found guilty of biting for the third time. A statement on 888poker.com on Friday morning read: "888poker signed Luis Suarez following a fantastic season for which his achievements were widely recognized. "Regrettably, following his actions during Uruguay's World Cup match against Italy on Tuesday, 888poker has decided to terminate its relationship with Luis Suarez with immediate effect." Suarez joined the online gambling company as a worldwide ambassador shortly before the World Cup and produced several video diaries for the website during the tournament, including after his two goals earned Uruguay victory over  England . There were also plans for him to j...

The Argentina icon criticised the decision to suspend the Liverpool striker from all footballing activities for four months for his bite on Giorgio Chiellini Diego Maradona has slammed Fifa for its decision to ban Luis Suarez for four months after he was found guilty of biting Giorgio Chiellini. The Uruguay and Liverpool striker was given a nine-game suspension and banned from all football-related activity for four months for his third biting offence in almost four years. And Maradona, who wore a t-shirt with a message of support for Suarez which read 'Luis we are with you', has criticised world football's governing body, claiming they are treating him as though he committed a far more heinous crime. "This decision is a disgrace," he said on TV show De Zurda. "I can't understand this. Who did Suarez kill to get this kind of ban. Why don't [Fifa] handcuff him and send him to Guantanamo [Bay]? "A player works hard the whole year to be ...

The England striker, who completed his move to the Anfield club prior to the World Cup, is backed to flourish while the Uruguay striker serves his four-month ban for biting Former Liverpool star Alan Kennedy believes Luis Suarez's lengthy ban will give new signing Rickie Lambert a golden chance to make an immediate impression. According to Goal.com , The 32-year-old completed a return to Anfield earlier in June following a €5 million move from Southampton and will now be expected to share the goalscoring burden alongside Sturridge in the absence of Suarez, who was banned by Fifa for four months on Tuesday for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini. And the ex-defender now believes that the Uruguayan’s absence could be the making of Lambert as it was for Daniel Sturridge when he impressed during Suarez’s ban at the start of last season. Kennedy, who won five league titles and two European Cups during his time at Liverpool, told Goal: "I really rate Lambert but I was worried...

Members of a 15-man gang that allegedly r*ped a 16-year-old girl in Gbuga area of Ogbunabali, Port Harcourt, Rivers State have been arrested by the police. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Tunde Ogunsakin, told newsmen, yesterday, at the Police headquarters in Port Harcourt that the girl allegedly attended a party organised in the area. She took a glass of strong drink offered her by one of the r*pists which made her pass out before she was allegedly r*ped by 15 men. “The victim reported that she attended a party at Ogbuga Street in Ogbunabali, Port Harcourt organised by one Tina. “While at the party, she was given a glass of strong drink by Tambari Dumlesi. That was the last memory she had before she was *by 15 men. She woke up to find herself in torn boxers and with swollen privates. “The victim has since been taken to the Police clinic for check up and treatment while three suspects have been apprehended. Investigation is still on.”

Controversial Yale professor Amy Chua and her husband Jed Rubenfeld have named Nigerians among the eight leading races with the ability to excel over and above others in the United States of America. According to the couple,  some groups in America are inherently more likely to succeed than others,  pointing at the ease with which Nigerians earn doctorate degrees at stunningly high rates while Indian and Chinese Americans earn much higher incomes than other Americans while the Jews are top of the table reinforced by intense discipline,  determination, and not given to fleeting impulse. In their new book, ‘The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America,’ the two Yale professors said their research shows Nigerians as well as nationals from Jewish, Indian, Chinese, Iranian, Lebanese-Americans, Cuban exiles and Mormons in the category of certain races are  bound to succeed over all others in America.   ...

Since pop singer and Imo State Peace Ambassador hit stardom, she has never ceased to be a surprise package. She astounded her fans recently when she confided in Showtime that she is a virgin. At 23, looking hot and rather willing with her liberated personality, her fans found it hard to believe, but Adokiye said it is true and that whoever wants her virginity should be prepared to buy her mother the private jet she long promised her. But now it seems Adokiye is ready to give her coveted virginity for free, to members of the dreaded Boko Haram if they are ready to release the abducted Chibok girls in exchange. “ This is 11pm in the night and do you know what I am thinking about? Those little girls, where they are and what could be happening to them. It is just unfair. They are too young. I wish I could offer myself in exchange,” she told Showtime. When she was reminded that the girls could be making out time as sex slaves, the singer/actress retorted : “ They are betwee...